Out of Control

“We could kidnap a couple of them,” Memphis suggested.

“No. That would take too long and besides, suppose nobody wanted to pay the ransom?”

“Then we shoot them niggas,” Memphis said.

“Why not just shoot them and be done with it,” Donavan said. “Ain’t nothin’ in the world like puttin’ a gun in a mutha fuckas face, seein’ the fear in his eyes before you put two in his head.”

“I think you on to something,” Chris Toney said and it was on.

They sat outside for an hour and waited until two of Grant’s men, Burke and Cootie, came out and went to their car. Just before they got there, Donavan and Brandon took them at gunpoint and made them drive. While Chris Toney and Memphis followed, they were forced to drive until they found a block where the streetlights were out.

They were told to stop and then get in the back seat. Donavan and Brandon got in the front seat. Memphis and Chris Toney stood outside and looked in the window. “Y’all together? Donavan asked and laughed.

“What?” Burke asked.

“I mean ya looked kinda on the funny side when y’all was walkin’ to the car. Looked like y’all was holding hands; didn’t it Brandon?”

“Like he wanna kiss him now,” Brandon said.

“Hey, Chris, we got any more of them plastic cuffs?”

“Sure do.”

“Get me some,” Donavan said. When Chris Toney came back, Donavan told the men to hold hands. “You know you want to,” he said and everybody pointed their guns until they did it. “Both hands.” Once they did it, “Tie their hands together.”

Chris Toney laughed, but he did it. “You a sick mutha fucka, D.”

After he was done Chris Toney got out of the way and Donavan raised his gun and put it close to the mans face. “You’re gonna die now,” he said and pulled the trigger.

Memphis quickly followed suit and shot the other one.

“That’s how The Purple Gang do some shit!” Chris Toney yelled.

They wiped the car down, shut the doors and walked away.

When they left, Jap left the room with them and made himself comfortable out in the hall. Nick moved over and Rain got in the bed with him. He slowly put his arm around her.

“I’m glad you gettin’ outta here,” Rain said quietly.

“I am too.”

“I been missin’ you out in them streets with me. I need my king.”

“Even if Perry doesn’t want me to, I’m still gettin’ outta here tomorrow. I’m tired of sitting around here doin no

thing. Jap is a good soldier, but I know he’s ready to go too. Even if he has got the number of most of the nurses,” Nick laughed and for the first since he’d been there it didn’t hurt.

“I got some shit I need to tell you. I know you didn’t want me to do nothin’, but I was so mad that night you got shot, I had to do somethin’.”

“Like what? Kill Grant and burn his club to the ground. Or did you wanna tell me about how you drove a truck through the window of one of his number joints?”

“You know about all that?”

“How many times I gotta tell you, I know everything.”

“And you ain’t mad at me?”

“I was at first. But I know who you are and why you had to do it. And you did the right thing.”